Carpet Cat

Recently the Carpet Cat paid the Spice Cats a visit again. She paid them a visit during CNY Eve (see here). I called her the Carpet Cat because her tabby marking is really very pretty and she looks like a walking carpet.


She is the friendly neighbourhood cat. I am not sure whether she belongs to anyone but I know my neighbours sometimes feed her. I once fed her tuna biscuits and she refused to eat it. This shows that she is very well-fed. She is very slim. I think she has been spayed because I have never seen her pregnant.

The Carpet Cat, when I first spotted her at the door.

The Carpet Cat spotted me and didn't mind having her pictures taken.


A close-up on Carpet Cat, but its still a bit blur through the netting.

Pepper saw the Carpet Cat and came to check her out.

To my surprise, Pepper didn't hiss. They just greeted and smelled each other.

Pepper was kinda sad when her new friend left.

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From Above

There is this spot on top of the stairs that Pelud loves to sit. Maybe it gives her a better view of who is coming up the stairs. Maybe she likes the feeling of being above every other cats in the house.






Pelud is going home this weekend. Her mommy is back from Germany. I bet Pelud will be happy to see her mommy after 6 weeks.

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Flowers

Last Wednesday, in conjunction with Secretary's Day, a group of very dear friends sent me a bouquet of pink and red roses. No, I do not work as a secretary nor a personal assistant or anything close. Its a long story.

But anyway, the cats have never seen roses before so they are all very curious.

Garlic and Pelud were the first to check the flowers out but they were more interested in the ribbons.

Sesame thinks pink roses are absolutely lovely. And they sure smell nice too!

When I put the roses into a vase, Pelud start munching on the leaves.

Ginger, seeing that Pelud enjoyed the leaves so much, started munching on the leaves too! I have to remove the vase from the floor before the 2 cats start munching all the leaves away!

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Mount Irau

Mount Irau is the most challenging climb I have ever attempted. Having afraid of heights and being extremely clumsy, I am normally not too keen to have anything to do with climbing. I initially thought Mount Irau will be just like Penang Hill, a hike up the mountain for a beautiful view. Boy, was I wrong!

Like most of you, I have never heard of Mount Irau and didn’t even know there is such a mountain you can climb in Cameron. It took us about 9 hours in total for the trip up and down the mountain. We started off about 830am in the morning and reached the top about 130pm. We were very slow, busy admiring the view along the way and snapping photos.

Beautiful morning view on the way to Mount Irau.


Our clean shoes, before we start the journey.


The not-so-easy climb....and imagine you have to do this for 9 hours....

And it just kept going up...and up....

And then down......then up.....then down....never-ending...

Along the journey, the view was beautiful...

And it was extremely muddy....a perfect place for a mud bath.

We finally reached the Mossy Forest. It was unbelieavable, a real-life Lord of the Rings scenary.

Everything was so green.

3 Charlies-Angels-Wannabe

We finally reached the top after 5 hours! There are other groups at the top and some of us are fast to make friends....

The journey downhill was so much faster. We left the top at 2pm and reached the bottom of the mountain at about 515pm. Well, everyone was too tired to admire the view or snap photos. We just want to reach the bottom and go home!

It was once of a lifetime experience. The journey was fun, the mountains were gorgeous, the company was great (the singers showed off the voices by singing during the climb uphill), the air was cool and refreshing and there were no bugs or leeches.

Our muddy shoes after the 9 hours climb.

Bath Day

Last weekend was also bath day for the Spice Cats. The Spice Cats do not like bath day but its only once a month and normally they get special treats afterwards. Its quite a big effort, bathing four of them. Bathing Winter is so much simpler.

Its hard to snap photos of the Spice Cats when they are having their bath. I normally have my hands full trying to bath them and blow them dry. Managed to snap some photos in between bath and blowdry.

Sesame and Pepper looks amazingly alike when they are wet.


So is this Sesame or Pepper? Take a guess.

Garlic doesn't look so fat when he is wet.

Ginger normally hides under the sofa or behind the curtains after her bath. I gotta drag her out every single time for her blow-dry session.

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Can you get it for me?

Last night, Pelud was making these weird noises from upstairs. This is unlike the normal ‘meow’ she uses to call me when I am home. So I went upstairs to check. She quickly came to me on top of the stairs and looked at me. She then walked towards my room door, then looked up. I followed her eyes and guess what I saw.

The poor lizard knows its being watched and dare not move.

Pelud, looking at the lizard so intensely. She turned to look at me a few times, telling me to get it for her. But I told her the lizard is out of my reach.


Ginger was the first to come to check out what is the big commotion about.

Sesame and Garlic soon joined the crowd. Sesame tried to climb the wall but of course, he failed. Garlic tried to laser the poor lizard with his laser eyes.

The lizard escaped, unharmed.

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New Boss in the Spice Cats' House

Pelud now treats the Spice Cats house as her own house. She roams the house and thinks she is the boss. When the Spice Cats does something she doesn’t like or gets into her way, she hisses at them. When she feels like playing, she will jump on Garlic. When she doesn't feel like playing, the Spice Cats have better not get in her way.

I no longer have to worry that the Spice Cats will steal all of Pelud’s food.

Pelud now eats with the Spice Cats. She likes the Spice Cats sardines and tuna.

Garlic being the sweet cat he is, often let Pelud take his place. I think he has a crush on Pelud.

Garlic only has his turn on the food once Pelud is done.

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Infected

OK, I need to change this post. Pepper and Sesame are not infected with any bad disease. They are just infected with Ginger's famous unprincess-like sleeping position. And I do not mind if they do not recover from it. Hehe.....


As for the white patch, its the coloring of their fur. Its extremely curly and hard to brush too!

First that showed sign of infection was Pepper.

Shortly after that, it was Sesame.

Garlic has not shown any sign of infection yet. Now this is the favorite sleeping position of the 3 Spice Cats.

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Friends?

Ginger has been curious but very cautious from the start. She kept a safe distance from Pelud.


There are now some attempt of playing. There are also quite a number of hisses from Pelud. But Princess Ginger never hissed back.

Sesame tried to play but Pelud doesnt seemed interested. Pelud remembers that Sesame hissed back at her a few days ago.

Other times, all Sesame got was a few hisses in return.....he is still trying...

Garlic, on the other hand, made HUGE progress. I caught them kissing a few times! They are finally friends!

So Garlic got the 'Friendliest Spice Cats Award'! Well Done Garlic! Some cheese for you for your great success.

Pepper decided that she did not like Pelud and did not try to make friends. Everytime Pelud hissed at her, she hissed back louder. But there was no cat fights nor any attempt of cat fights. Just hissing. Pelud now roams the house freely!

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Pelud’s Exploration

After leaving the door open for 2 days, Pelud finally came out of the room to explore!

Pelud was very reluctant and extremely careful when coming out of her room the first time.


This close face off was by accident when Pepper was on her way to the stairs and came face to face with Pelud. It ended with both cats hissing at each other.


Took Pelud another half a day before she ventured down the stairs.

The next Morning, she came all the way down! She was very careful not to go too near the Spice Cats though.


Pelud went straight to the door and looked outside. The Spice Cats were all very curious with the new cat downstairs. Its funny how they all stared at Pelud. (My first 5 cats in a picture!)

What is she looking at?
(At this point, when Sesame went too close, Pelud turned and hissed at Sesame, warning him to stay away.)

Pelud finally settled down at the dining room. She has not ventured to the living room yet, where the Spice Cats spend most of their time.

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